I use gitolite, what should I do to help?
On June 23, 2022 11:35:18 AM GMT+02:00, zimoun <zimon.touto...@gmail.com> wrote: >Hi, > >This old bug #25957 [1] needs a Gitolite user. :-) > >1: <http://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/25957> > > >On Mon, 28 Mar 2022 at 09:49, Efraim Flashner <efr...@flashner.co.il> wrote: > >> I spent some time looking at gitolite and the service. As I understand >> it, with the exception of svnserve, it searches $PATH for a number of >> different binaries, including git-annex. I believe that this would only >> work if git-annex (and potentially other packages) are installed >> globally. >> >> In addition, git (not git-minimal) and openssh are propagated inputs AND >> wrapped. I haven't tested to see if wrapping only is enough. >> >> I think the best choice is to: >> A: Replace /usr/bin/svnserve with svnserve so it will just search $PATH, >> like it does with the other helpers. >> B: Adjust the service so that it automatically creates a variant (or >> just a wrapped version) of the package which is wrapped with a list of >> additional packages so that they can be in gitolite's path. If I were >> deploying this to an arm device I wouldn't want it wrapped with >> git-annex since it doesn't build, but would definitely want it for an >> x86_64 machine. >> >> I suppose we should try to find someone who is using the gitolite >> service and see if they can be our test subject for wrapping the package >> with optional addons. > >Any volunteer ? For testing Gitolite and then close this very old bug >from 5 years, 15 weeks, 6 days ago. > > >Cheers, >simon >
